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Family Fun Day '09

Our school's Family Fun Day is a celebration
filled with activities, games, food, and shopping. It gives the school
community the opportunity to come togehter for an afternoon of fun, with
a lot of the proceeds going to local NGOs that have relationships with
the school.Susan's class set up a "Fishing Booth"
for little prizes, while Dave's advisory ran a "Crash the Cans" activity.
Breck sold (and made!) lemonade with his class, while Alea's group had
a "Throw the Sponge at the Teacher" money raiser. Aside from our times
of responsibility, however, we had the opportunity to wander and test the
other goings-on.

Alea had a blast at the crazy hair
booth (and you can still see the chocolate remnants from her doughnuts
as well!), while Dave took his turn at the sponge booth and the water-balloon-burst-over-the-teacher-head
stand. That's not him in the shot above, but you get the idea as to how
much fun that was (and how many tickets the kids wanted to spend dousing
their teachers!)

The shopping was pretty grand too
- books and woodwork and woven items and paper products all found their
way home with us today, fueled by a smorgasborg of international treats.
Dave finally found the kimchee he'd been searching for in Mumbai, and also
feasted on a Malaysian lunch, an Indian samosa, and a good old fashioned
American hotdog!Breck was less than thrilled about going
on the ferris wheel at the fair, but dad was pretty insistant that at least
one of the kids got the chance to experience an Indian human-motored carnival
ride!

But then he discovered the pillow
fight booth, and we were off to the races!We pounded and smacked each other atop
a couple of wobbly cushions. I think the final score was Breck 2 - Dad
1 - Tie 1. A super way to wrap up a super day (and hopefully father was
forgiven for making him ride the ferris wheel with all the girls!)